Under the moniker Floating Room, Portland, Oregon’s Maya Stoner makes bubbly bedroom pop. Wistful and just a bit mathy, her latest single “Firetruck” brings to mind acts like Sleater-Kinney and The Breeders. The track’s crystalline guitar tones and crashing drums (performed by Stoner’s partner and acclaimed power pop musician Mo Troper) contrast her withdrawn vocal delivery. “I don’t like anyone anymore these days except for you / And each time you get my heart all fired up / I feel like I’d better call a firetruck / I’d burn down this whole town for you,” she sings. Juxtaposing lovesick, melancholy lyricism and a ’60s-indebted arrangement, it finds Floating Room continuing to hone their familiar, distinct sound.
Of the song, Stoner says, “The older I get the more pop music I listen to. I’m tired of being sad! I want to be happy, and pop music makes me happy even when the lyrics are sad. This is the pop song of the EP. It came to me all at once, and those are the songs I trust the most.”
“Firetruck” hits streaming services tomorrow, but you can check it out a day early below. The track arrives ahead of Floating Room’s Shima EP, which is out November 12 via Famous Class Records.
